An efficient method to access 2-fluoroalkylbenzimidazoles by PIDA oxidation of amidines
摘要:
A mild and practical strategy for the synthesis of 2-bromodifluoromethyl (or trifluoromethyl)-1H-benzimidazoles via PIDA-mediated oxidative intramolecular cyclization of the fluorinated amidines is described. The approach has the advantages of superior yields, excellent functional groups tolerance and mild reaction conditions. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
The first example of coupling reactions of fluorinated imidoyl halides with terminal alkynes catalyzed by CuI is presented. Each reaction needed no ligand, and fluorinated alkynyl imines were obtained with excellent yields.